hornpipe · Key of Em
The Cuckoo's Nest
O’Neill 1903 no. 1733
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1733
T:The Cuckoo's Nest
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"1st Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1733
R:Hornpipe
K:Em
(GA) | BGEG BGEG | BAGF E2(FG) | AFDF AFDF | AGFE D2(EF) |
GFGE g2(fe) | dBGB d2(cB) | AGFE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :|
|: (GA) | B2e2 efge | d2B2 B2(dB) | AB^de faef | d2A2 A2 z2 |
B2e2 efge | dBGB d2(cB) | AGFE DEFA | G2E2 E2 :|FAQ
Questions about The Cuckoo's Nest
The Cuckoo's Nest is in Em, in 2/4 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.